Marine Mammals as Sentinel Species for Oceans and Human Health

By G. Bossart. Veterinary Pathology-Supplement, 2011

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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A Review of Plastic-Associated Pressures: Cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Australian Shearwaters as Case Studies (2018, background): “Cetaceans, in particular, have similar mammalian physiology to humans and are long-lived, top predators, so they can be effective indicators for chronic or slow developing pathologies that are more difficult to detect in human populations exposed to lower levels of the same hazard (Bossart, 2011).”
Marine top predators as climate and ecosystem sentinels (2019, neutral): “Bossart GD. 2006.”
Making connections in aquatic ecosystems with acoustic telemetry monitoring (2014, background): “Pecl GT, Tracey SR, Semmens JM, and Jackson GD. 2006.”
Marine mammal conservation: over the horizon (2021, background): “…lions and walruses), sirenians (dugongs and manatees), sea otters Enhydra lutris and polar bears Ursus maritimus known to date, can play important ecological roles and are often considered indicators of marine ecosystem health (Bossart 2011, Parsons et al. 2015, Society for Marine Mammalogy 2019).”
From common to rare: The case of the Mediterranean common dolphin (2011, background): “Charismatic megafauna can also help raise public awareness of ecosystem status and stimulate education and outreach on marine environmental issues, to support ecosystem-based management goals (Wells et al., 2004; Bossart, 2006; Moore, 2008).”
The One Health Concept: 10 Years Old and a Long Road Ahead (2018, background): “The widescale development of multifactorial diseases affecting both invertebrates (bees, corals, and oysters) (72-75) and vertebrates (amphibians, cetaceans, and chiropterans) (76) (77) (78) (79) is increasingly recognized thanks to the development of tools in genomic medicine and epidemiology that ”
Marine Animal Microbiomes: Toward Understanding Host–Microbiome Interactions in a Changing Ocean (2017, background): “Marine mammals are often viewed as sentinel species of the ocean, because they appear to rapidly respond to ocean conditions, disturbances, and pathogens similarly to humans (Bossart, 2011).”